Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

curation

American  
[kyoo-ray-shuhn] / kjʊˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of curating a collection of some kind.

  2. the role or duties of a curator.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The remains later disappeared from scholarly attention for many years before being identified again in the Egyptian Museum during a curation project in 2020.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

For the better part of the last two and a half years, Lehtinen and Garrett-Davis have spearheaded the curation of “This Land Is…,” which opens Sunday and runs through early next year.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

In a clever piece of installation design, shelves built around the screen bring the painting’s illusions to life, displaying real bronzes, porcelains, texts and scholarly objects from Lee’s collection—modern curation fulfilling classical cultural capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

To Vogue, Sánchez Bezos recalled her first time walking the Met’s halls, admiring hundreds of years of careful curation and preservation, saying, “I remember standing in the galleries thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, somebody saved this.

From Salon May 6, 2026

Greg Silverman, global director of brand economics at Interbrand, notes that strong content curation is important as Netflix faces intensifying competition from YouTube and live TV platforms, along with possible consumer pushback on price hikes.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training